Criticism
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French Film Brings
Santo, Jan. 20.
THE recent showing of the film “Le Grand Jeu", in Vila and Santo, brought indignant remarks from residents in both those New Hebrides centres.
The film was blatant. In parts it was crude, and lacked any subtlety whatso ever in its portrayal of the relations of a young Army Officer, who “did not have to go on parade until next morning”, with a woman of similar age, who possessed odd ideas about the sanctity of marriage.
Majority of protests came from both British and French women. More em phatic were they from those women who, through their husbands’ occupations, are in direct contact with natives continu ously, on the ground that natives do not distinguish between “types”, and would judge all women by the woman in the film, thereby lowering prestige and re spect.